1. accuse, act as adversary — To act as an adversary, oppose, or bring accusation against someone, used in all Qal forms including participle ('my accusers'), imperfect ('they accuse me'), and infinitive ('to accuse him'). Spanish mis adversarios/me acusan ('my adversaries / they accuse me'), Arabic khuSumi/yuaaduunani ('my opponents / they oppose me'), Hindi mere virodhi/virodh karte hain ('my opponents / they oppose'), Korean daejeokhaneun jadeul ('those who oppose'). The participial, finite, and infinitival forms all express the same accusatory-adversarial action. 6×
AR["خُصومي","لِيُقَاوِمَهُ","مُخاصِمو-","يُعادونَني"]·ben["আমার-বিরোধীদের","আমার-বিরোধীরা","তারা-আমাকে-বিরোধিতা-করে","বিরোধিতা-করতে","বিরোধিতা-করে-আমাকে","যারা-বিরোধিতা-করে"]·DE["[לשטנו]","accuse-mich","der-accusers-von","mein-accusers","sie-accuse-mich"]·EN["accuse-me","my-accusers","the-accusers-of","they-accuse-me","to-accuse-him"]·FR["accuser"]·heb["ישטנו-אותי","ישטנוני","ל-שטון אותו","שוטני","שוטניי"]·HI["दोष-लगाने-के-लिए।","मेरे-विरोधियों-का","मेरे-विरोधी","विरोध-करते-हैं-मेरा","विरोधी","शत्रुता-करते-हैं-मुझ-से"]·ID["lawan-lawan-ku","mereka-memusuhi-ku","untuk-menyerang-dia","yang-menentang"]·IT["[לשטנו]","accuso'"]·jav["mungsuh-mungsuh-kula","nglawan-piyambakipun","sami-mungsuh-kula","sami-nglawan-kula","tiyang-ingkang-nglawan"]·KO["나-를-대적하는-자들-의","나-를-대적하는-자들-이","대적하나이다-나-를","대적하는-자들-이","대적하도다-나-를","대적하려고"]·PT["de-meus-acusadores","me-acusam","meus-acusadores","os-adversários","para-acusá-lo","são-adversarios-meus"]·RU["нападают-на-меня","обвинители-мои","обвинителям-моим","обвиняют-меня","противиться-ему","противники"]·ES["los-adversarios-de","me-acusan","me-son-adversarios","mis-adversarios","para-acusarle"]·SW["kumshitaki","wananipinga","wananishitaki","wanaoninshitaki","washtaki"]·TR["düşman-olurlar-bana","hasimları-","itham-etmek-için-onu","suçlayıcılarım","suçlayıcılarımın","suçluyorlar-beni"]·urd["دشمنی-کرتے-ہیں-مجھ-سے","دشمنی-کرتے-ہیں-میرے-ساتھ","مخالف","مخالفت-کرنے-کو","میرے-مخالف","میرے-مخالفوں-کا"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [שָׂטַן] vb.denom. (Gerber30) be or act as adversary;— Qal Impf. 3 mpl. sf. יִשְׂטְנוּנִי ψ 38:21; 109:4; Inf. cstr. sf. לְשִׂטְנוֹ Zc 3:1; Pt. pl. cstr. שֹטְנֵי ψ 71:13, sf. שֹטְנַי 109:20, שׂוֹטְנַי v 29.